The McKnight’s Park Avenue mansion was completed in 1892 for a total cost of nearly $36,000...
Twin Cities Area
Sumner McKnight Mansion in Minneapolis
George Peavey Mansion In Minneapolis
Although Minneapolis’ overzealous wrecking ball has claimed many of the stately old mansions...
H. Alden Smith Mansion in Minneapolis
James J. Hill’s North Oaks Farm
St. Agatha’s Conservatory of Music and Art
Minnesota Linseed Oil Company in Minneapolis
Washburn Park Water Tower: Tangletown’s...
Landmark Center In St Paul
The Swinford Townhomes
Lilac Way: Showcase of the Belt Line
How Betty Crocker Became America’s First Lady of...
The Starvation Doctor: Quack Cure or Murder?
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Walker Art Center’s Idea House
Dirt on Their Skirts: The Minneapolis Millerettes
Crown Roller Mill in Minneapolis
The Gates of Stonebridge
The Gangsters of the Lowry Hotel in St Paul
The Second Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
Schmid Farmhouse Ruins
The Turnblad Mansion at the American Swedish Institute
First Church of Christ Scientist in Minneapolis
The End of the Line: Wildwood Amusement Park
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Women’s City Club In St Paul
Elizabeth Quinlan’s Renaissance Revival Palace
The Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank in Minneapolis
The Minneapolis Industrial Exposition
The Weatherball in Minneapolis
The William Hinkle House in Minneapolis
Kline Sanitarium In Anoka
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
The Rise of the Selby Avenue Streetcar Line
Merchants National Bank Building In St. Paul
Edwin H. Hewitt House in Minneapolis
Terrace Theatre in Robbinsdale
The Brickyards of Coon Rapids
Finding Farm Ruins At Anoka State Hospital
Frank and Rosa Seifert House in St Paul
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Ripley Memorial Maternity Hospital in Minneapolis
Young-Quinlan’s Elizabeth Quinlan: The Queen of...
Lustron Homes on Nicollet Avenue in Minneapolis
The Original Plan for the Anoka Asylum
History Mystery – Spalding Hotel
Charles and Grace Parker House in Minneapolis
Pillsbury Library in Minneapolis
Mary Fridley: An Inconvenient Wife
The Germania Bank Building in St Paul
Robbinsdale Library
Merriam’s Overlook: Secret Ruins Give Clues to...
Wilder Public Baths
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Aberdeen Hotel: The Grandest Apartment Hotel in St...
Giddings Stone Igloos In Anoka
Hamm Building in Saint Paul
The Christian Mansion in Minneapolis
Charles Harrington Mansion in Minneapolis
The Saint Paul Hotel
The Woman’s Club of Minneapolis
Eugene Merrill House on Washburn Fair Oaks Park
The Horatio and Charlotte Van Cleve House
North Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Miller Vocational High School in Minneapolis
Hamm’s Homes of Sky Blue Waters
The Swinford Apartments
Who Killed Ruth Munson?
Wonderland Amusement Park’s Glass Castles
Harry F. Legg House in Minneapolis
Japanese Garden at Normandale Community College
John S. Bradstreet: The Apostle of Good Taste
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Sibley Historic Site in Mendota
Finding the Extraordinary in University Grove
The Metropolitan Hotel in St. Paul
The Eight Days in May Protests
District #28 School in Ramsey
Como Park Pavilion and Street Car Station
Greater Minnesota
The Milford Monument
This monument was created in memory of the 53 women, men, and children that were killed in Milford...
Pan-Town-on-the-Mississippi: Pan Motor Company’s Town
When Samuel Pandolfo arrived in St. Cloud in 1917, he dreamed of building an automobile empire that...
The Adolph Biermann House in Rochester
Bend in the River Regional Park
The Duluth Homestead Project
Broken Down Dam Park In Fergus Falls
WPA-Era Fieldstone Halls
Hasty: A Minnesota Ghost Town
Florence Town Hall
Detroit Lakes Carnegie Library
Hanover Bridge
Welcome To Cobden
Moderne New Ulm Library
Lincoln Branch Library In Duluth
The Ruins of the Archibald Mill
Petrell Hall Near Fairbanks
Colonel Colvill of the First Minnesota
Lundring Service Station in Canby
Remembering The Milford Mine Disaster
Architecture of the State – The Rochester State...
Exploring Ottawa
Komensky School Near Hutchinson
Munger Terrace In Duluth
Churchill Methodist Church Near Brookfield
Who the Heck Was Asle Sorbel?
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Craigie Flour Mill Near Ottertail
A Turn of the Century Trestle in Akeley
Two Harbors Carnegie Library
Duluth’s Main Carnegie Library
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Stewart Creek Stone-Arch Bridge in Duluth
FEMCO Farms: The Birth of Diversified Farming
Old Brewery In Preston
Roscoe Butter and Cheese Factory
Bucks Mill & Dam On The Pelican River
Green Lake Mounds
Wanda Gag House In New Ulm
Waverly’s Moderne Village Hall
The Minnesota Home School for Girls in Sauk Centre
Bally Blacksmith Shop In Grand Marais
Hollywood Town Hall
Demolished Homes of the Mayo Brothers
Sunrise Memorial Chapel In Hermantown
Hutchinson Carnegie Library
Railroad Shops in Two Harbors
Fort Juleson Near Underwood
Tivoli Gardens in New Ulm
The Gales of November: George Herbert Shipwreck
Tenney: The Evolution of a Ghost Town
Wandering Around The Toimi School
The Pine Tree Lumber Company
Buchanan: A Town of Firsts
Thompson-Fasbender House in Hastings
Historic Park Island Hotel Threatened With Demolition
Jordan Brewery Complex
The Ten Thousand Lakes of Minnesota Association
Historic Wasioja
Waraju Distillery Ruins In New Ulm
Red Wing Iron Works
Historic Warren Through Truss Bridge Near Madelia
The Fergus Falls State Hospital
Chisago County State Bank in Center City
Taylor House In Le Sueur
Mudbaden Sulphur Springs
Duluth’s Incline Railway
Oxford Mill Ruin
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Enter Marlon Brando
Finding The Past In Swatara
Swenson’s General Store in Norseland
Stone Ruins of Park Terrace in Duluth
The Almelund Creamery
Exploring The History Of Beaver Bay
What Might Have Been In Clifton On The French River
Historic Franconia
Rialto Theater In Aitkin
Swedish Mission Church of South Maple Ridge
Ruins of Sawyer School
Endion School In Duluth
Prehistoric Minnesota Woman
Zumbrota Covered Bridge
Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Church of Darling
Forgotten Memories on Lake Mille Lacs
Duluth’s Orpheum Theater
Hollywood-Inspired Fairyland Cottages in Detroit Lakes
Welcome to Hanska
The Mysterious Death of Clara Ober in Blue Earth
Admiring The Old Sandstone School
Joseph R. Brown’s Little Castle on the Prairie
Izatys Village on Lake Mille Lacs
Remembering Quadna Resort
Welcome To Dotson
A Stop At The Mille Lacs Indian Trading Post
Smith-Cosgrove House in Le Sueur
Temple Baptist Church In Duluth
Watkins Rockledge Mansion in Homer
Moving Old Hibbing
Rainy Lake Gold Rush
Meyer School In St Augusta
Masonic Lodge In Clearwater
Exploring Angel Hill in Taylors Falls
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Old Schoolhouse Near Essig
The Gales of November: Mataafa Shipwreck
Little Falls Depot
George & Charlotte Crosby House In Duluth
The Little Marais Inn
District 6 School in New Sweden
West Riverside School Near Cambridge
Randall Cooperative Creamery
Berg Hotel in Sleepy Eye
The Wreck of the Arthur Orr
Lost Highway 61
Almond White and the Motley Castle
Spencer Brook: Nearly a Ghost Town
Lincoln Park In Duluth
Endion Depot In Duluth
Jefferson Highway Through St. Cloud
The Gales of November: Lafayette Shipwreck
Daniel Piper House in Medford
The Old School In Wolverton
Rush City Creamery Cooperative Ruins
The End of the Line in Currie
The New Ulm Company Service Station
The Fire Relief Houses of Pine County
The Geldner Sawmill in Cleveland
St Rose of Lima Catholic Church
Taconite Harbor: Lake Superior’s Ghost Town
Roaming The Grounds Of Villa Maria In Frontenac
Interstate Bridge in Duluth
Visiting Golden Gate
A Queen Anne Masterpiece in Canby
State Theater In Hutchinson
The Church of the Holy Cross
Marguth Graves At The Birch Coulee Battlefield
Lonely Farm On The Interstate
Snake River Fur Post Near Pine City
The Le Sueur Theater
Hay Lake School Near Scandia
George’s Ballroom In New Ulm
Roadside Grave Of Corporal Paul Steinbach
Exploring Sandstone
District 48 School Near Delano
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Historic Ness Lutheran Church
The Gales of November: Crescent City Shipwreck
Welcome To Old Wadena
The Dudley Mansion in Duluth
Dead Good Walks
Exploring The Iberia Cemetery
The first group of settlers in this section of Brown County was made up of eastern Yankees. Iberia...
Chester Township Cemetery
For some reason, I always seem to come across pretty rural cemeteries on the hottest days. I was on...
Two Historic Churches and a Cemetery in Valley Grove
A Stop At Frontenac Cemetery
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
Spirit Hill Cemetery in Jordan
Soldiers & Sailors Cemetery in Hastings
Chippewa City Cemetery
Walking The Rochester State Hospital Cemetery
Exploring Woodlawn Cemetery
Historic St. Peter Church and Cemetery in Mendota
Glader Cemetery in Lindström
Old Zion Lutheran Cemetery Near Green Isle
St. Wenceslaus Cemetery in New Prague
Saint Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Toimi Settlers Children’s Cemetery
Golden Gate Cemetery
Maple Hill Cemetery
Old Settlers Cemetery In Hovland
A Walk Around Medo Central Cemetery
Who the heck was...
Who the Heck Was Minnesota’s Biggest Baby?
Minnesota’s biggest baby was born on July 16, 1936. At birth, the baby boy--later named Jacob...
Who the Heck Was Eloise Butler?
Eloise Butler’s interest in the natural world began when her aunt taught her how to identify the...
Who the Heck Was John Beargrease?
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
Who the Heck Was Laura Baker?
Who the Heck Was Judge C.R. Magney?
Who the Heck Was Bernard Pietenpol?
Who the Heck Was Veda Ponikvar?
Who the Heck Was Edith Robbins Daniel?
Who the Heck Was Roy Wilkins?
Who the Heck Was Sally Ordway Irvine?
Who the Heck Was Pierre Bottineau?
Who the Heck Was Johan Hvoslef?
Roadtrips
Cushing Land Agency In St. Croix Falls
This cute building was built in 1882 and was home to the Cushing Land Agency in St. Croix Falls...
Ringling Brothers Circus Memorial In Wahpeton
The Ringling Brothers Circus crisscrossed the middle of the country several times in 1897. They...
Welcome to Heaton
Holy Trinity Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church In Wilton
S.S. Meteor In Superior
Carnegie Library In Watertown
Punished Woman’s Lake
The Carnegie Libraries Of Superior
Visiting The Old Warehouses In Superior
The First Modern Hospital In Wahpeton
The Birthplace Of Laura Ingalls Near Pepin
The Carnegie Library In Milbank
Gravel Train Wreck Near Atwater
Discovering The Lake Superior Mill
Watts Free Library In Leonard
Caddie Woodlawn Park Near Menomonie
Winter At The Lamar School
Abandoned Mill Near Arcadia
Discovering Wisconsin Point
Article Archive
Fire! At The Colonnade Hotel
Colonnade Hotel In Saint Paul
Donald And Carrie Balfour House In Rochester
Fourth Street Faces From Germania Life Insurance...
Garden Valley Smallpox Cemetery In Wisconsin
The Jackson Hotel In Anoka
Who the Heck Was Fred Young Of The Young-Quinlan...
The Murder Of Carol Thompson In Saint Paul
Sugar Loaf Brewery In Winona
Waldmann Brewery And Wurstery In Saint Paul
Sons of Norway Heimbygda Lodge In Lanesboro
Birthplace Of F. Scott Fitzgerald In Saint Paul
Blaisdell Manor In Minneapolis
Huff-Lamberton House In Winona
Lake City And Rochester Stage Road Near Lake City
Judson Bishop House In Saint Paul
Carnegie Library In Watertown